learning to be assertive when they were used to saying “yes” to the demands on their personal lives

Reading uplifting words can also be a powerful method of keeping calm when stress threatens to overwhelm you.

Words that inspire can soothe a frazzled mind and comfort the agitated soul. In this post, 75 anxiety quotes are handpicked for their ability to uplift people from their distress. We feature overcoming anxiety quotes, inspirational quotes for anxiety sufferers, and inspirational quotes about depression and anxiety.

First, let me present overcoming anxiety quotes to remind you that “this, too, shall pass.” The following quotes serve as an inspiration to always look for the silver lining in every dark cloud.

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Overcoming Anxiety Quotes

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”– Deepak Chopra

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”– Thich Nhat Hanh

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”– Dan Millman

“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” – Walter Anderson

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“P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s been through it.”– Danielle LaPorte

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”– Olin Miller

“You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”– Wayne Dyer

“Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be.”– Jennifer Elisabeth

“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”– Ali Ibn Abi Talib

“It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.”– Mandy Hale

“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.”– Paulo Coelho

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.”– Steve Maraboli

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”– Shannon L. Alder

“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”– William Shakespeare

“You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you.”– Bianca Sparacino

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths.”– Etty Hillesum

“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”– Winston Churchill

“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”– Dean Smith

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”– Henry Ward Beecher

“Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.”– Robert Eliot

“Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”– Mary Hemingway

Being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder can be extremely challenging. Most of the time, the condition occurs with other mood disorders.

The good news is that anxiety disorders can be greatly improved or even fully treated with appropriate medications and therapy. Lifestyle changes and adopting skills to cope with stress are also very helpful.

The following quotes offer relief to someone suffering from chronic stress and anxiety.

Inspirational Quotes for Anxiety Sufferers

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”– William S. Burroughs

“How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, ‘Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?’ To which the man responded, ‘That's your worry’”– Max Lucado

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”– Maya Angelou

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you because it will.”– Cheryl Strayed

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”– Mother Teresa

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I want to be.” – Lao Tzu

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.”– Edwin Elliot

“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.”– Lily Tomlin

“You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.”– Eckhart Tolle

“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”– Maya Angelou

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” – Roy T. Bennett

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“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”– Marcus Aurelius

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”– Benjamin Franklin

“Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.”– Robin Hobb

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”– Roy Bennett

The aim of the following inspirational quotes about depression and anxiety is to help you identify the key things that can help you achieve peace of mind.

Inspirational Quotes About Depression and Anxiety

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”– Aesop

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”– Roy T. Bennett

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”– The Dalai Lama

“Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.”– Ana Monnar

“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”– Winston S. Churchill

“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency.” – Natalie Goldberg

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“The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.”– William James

“Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.”– Thomas Carlyle

“Worrying about outcomes over which I have no control is punishing myself before the universe has decided whether I ought to be punished.”– Sherry Thomas

“Worry in the dark can make it even darker.”– Camron Wright

“You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?”– Shannon Celebi

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”– Grenville Kleiser

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”– Amit Ray

“Never let life’s hardships disturb you … no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.”– Nichiren Daishonen

“Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.”– Astrid Alauda

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.”– Charlie Chaplin

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”– William James

“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.”– Pema Chodron

“Today’s a perfect day for a whole new start. Let go of fear and free your mind. It’s time to open your heart.”– Chris Butler

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, she became a butterfly.” – Barbara Haines Howett

“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.”– Christopher Reeve

“Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.”– Matt Lucas

“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”– Madeleine L’Engle

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”– Thich Nhat Hanh

“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear (that results) from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.”– Stephan Hoeller